Effects of Persistent and Bioactive Organic Pollutants on Human Health

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Effects of Persistent and Bioactive Organic Pollutants on Human Health

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• Effects of Persistent and Bioactive Organic Pollutants on Human Health

Publication

• Wiley, 2013

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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online resource

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• cr

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• txt

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• Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Contributors; CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Why Should We Care about Organic Chemicals and Human Health?; References; CHAPTER 2: Sources of Human Exposure; Introduction; Human Exposure Pathways; Direct or Nondietary; Dietary; Chemicals of Concern; POPs; Pesticides; Benzene; Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs); Conclusions and Recommendations; References; CHAPTER 3: The Burden of Cancer from Organic Chemicals; Introduction; The Global Burden of Cancer; Childhood Cancers; Exposure to Organic Chemicals: Contributions to the Global Burden of Cancer
• OccupationalOutdoor Air Pollution; Indoor Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Consumer Products; Food Contaminants; Pesticides; 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D): Health Impacts of a Widely Used Organic Chemical Herbicide; Linking Chemicals to Specific Cancer Sites; Examples of Individual Organic Chemicals; Sources of Exposure Information; Estimating the Percentage of Cancers Attributable to Occupational and Environmental Exposures: Methodological and Conceptual Difficulties; Efforts to Estimate Attributable Fractions; Causes: Genes or Environment?; Conclusion: Opportunities for Prevention
• Tumor-Promoting Activities of Environmental PollutantsPromoting Activity of Individual POPs; Mechanisms of Tumor Promotion by Environmental Pollutants; Progression in Carcinogenesis; Summary and Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; CHAPTER 5: Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome; Introduction; Why Is There an Epidemic of T2D?; Human Evidence Linking POPs and T2D; Earlier Evidence; Recent Evidence: Cross-Sectional Studies; Recent Evidence: Prospective Studies; Human Evidence Linking POPs and Metabolic Syndrome; Mismatch of Time Trend: Issues Related to Inverted U-Shaped Associations
• Polybrominated Biphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) and T2DThrifty Gene Hypothesis and POPs; POPs and Glycemic Control among Diabetic Patients; Dietary Interventions in T2D; Summary; References; CHAPTER 6: Mechanistic Basis for Elevation in Risk of Diabetes Caused by Persistent Organic Pollutants; Introduction; Diabetes; POPs: Novel Diabetogenic Factors; POPs and Diabetes: Mechanistic Basis; AhR; CAR and SXR; Challenges and Perspectives; References; CHAPTER 7: Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension; Introduction; Animal Studies and Laboratory Evidence

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855906054

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1 online resource

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online

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9781118679654

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computer

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507238

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EB00064066

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(OCoLC)855906054